The Mets become the first team to have three players appear in a game whose last name begins with a lower case ‘d’, when Travis d’arnaud, Jacob deGrom, and Matt den Dekker all play in the Mets’ 6-5 walk-off loss to Philadelphia at Citizens Bank Park. After having to use an upside-down capital ‘P’ on d’arnaud’s jersey last season due to lack of lower case letters, New York equipment manager Kevin Kierst asked Majestic, MLB’s uniform supplier, to make ‘small’ uniform letters available, knowing there would be even more of a need this season.

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On May 30, 2014 — The Mets become the first team to have three players appear in a game whose last name begins with a lower case ‘d’, when Travis d’arnaud, Jacob deGrom, and Matt den Dekker all play in the Mets’ 6-5 walk-off loss to Philadelphia at Citizens Bank Park. After having to use an upside-down capital ‘P’ on d’arnaud’s jersey last season due to lack of lower case letters, New York equipment manager Kevin Kierst asked Majestic, MLB’s uniform supplier, to make ‘small’ uniform letters available, knowing there would be even more of a need this season.

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